Abraham 'Bram' Stoker was born in Marino Crescent in Clontarf, Dublin, on November 8th in 1847, had a very troubled childhood, riddled with illness and suffering from the late development of speech until the age of 8, when he finally regained the use of his legs and went on to become an athlete and soccer-star for the University of Dublin. A Protestant Dubliner, he was the son of a civil servant, and he was expected to follow in his father's footsteps.
Bram Stoker went on to become a highly popular member of trinity college, where he was also a very successful sportsman. In 1870 he graduated with honours in mathematics. His first working duty was as a civil servant in Dublin Castle. At this time, he also worked as a free lance journalist, a drama critic and editor of the "Evening Mail. However after seeing the actor Henry Irving act on one of his to
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